The FTP Method of File Transfer
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Most people don\'t know how they can transfer files to their website servers. Read the article to get informed on the mode of file transfer commonly known as FTP.
You own a website congratulations to that. The problem is you don't know you can manage the website using scripts you have downloaded to your personal computer. There are various methods through which you can initiate to your website's server. Here I am going to look deeply in the File Transfer Protocol of file transfers. The method is commonly referred to as FTP. Of the the several techniques for transferring files across the internet, by far the most popular is FTP.
To use the method,you can either use stand alone dedicated programs or do it from your browser. The advantage of using the stand alone programs over browsers is that you can transfer large amounts to your server without being timed out. Once timed out FTP has the common setback of having to start your transfer all over again and not where you left from. Therefore you need to obtain a FTP client, a very good one from the many available in the market. There are many FTP clients available and they come with lots of differences especially the graphical interface. If you don't like something about your program you can download another.
To log on to your website's server you must know the administrator's FTP account username and password. Otherwise you can log onto your server on as an anonymous user using anonymous as username and and your email address as the password. Logging in as an anonymous user has some setbacks though in that you can not execute changes and also you don't have full access to the server. Once logged on to your server depending on your FTP client you will see a listing of the website's directories. Clicking on a directory will open it while clicking on a file will start a download.
Before doing any file transfer you should check the file transfer modes that your client is using. There are usually three binary used mainly for text, ASCII used mainly for graphics. If you don't know which mode to use there is another called auto;this automatically detects the type of file you are transferring. You can use this file transfer method to upload and download things to your website's server.
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